ever since the industrial revolution guns have been made in factories by skilled workers using big machines

you may think theres no way you could build one yourself

oh sure if someone had a lot of tools and skill maybe but not you right

well

maybe you can

this is an ak parts kit

an 80 percent ar lower

an unfinished glock frame

a spool of plastic

pipes from the hardware store

today were going to talk about how to turn each of these into a gun without buying any actual gun

at least one of these options is something you could do yourself and have your very own pew pew

think of the pride of ownership

lets get started

so it used to be that the military would sell their extra guns after a war and you could just buy them

but then those guns started being capable of automatic fire and the federal government is too afraid of you when you have an automatic weapon

little do they know semi auto is just as good for like 95 percent of everything lol

so what the importers do is cut the receiver and import the rest of the parts

this happened and continues to happen with many many guns

the ak might be most common so well use that as an example

so youll find a parts kit and itll probably have everything except a receiver and magazine

and barrels might come with it or be sold separately

you could buy a new receiver

they can be excellent and i have done this

but that counts as a firearm so you have to go through a gun store

another option is either bending a flat or drilling out the fire control group holes

these pieces of metal dont count as firearms

and you can find videos online of how to bend them with square pipe and bolts

after bending a flat youll need to weld the internal rails on and probably heat treat with blowtorch and oven

and you can blue it or parkerize it to finish it

basically you get some chmicals and boil the receiver in them for a while

or just paint it

then you rivet the pieces back onto the gun

and use a hydraulic press to press on any other bits

rebuilding an ak is probably the most labor intensive way to go aside from building literally everything

altho in the end you have a friggin ak sooo

but maybe youre sharing an apartment and dont have space for a welder and hydraulic press because your roommate put a goofy swing bench on the tiny patio

i got you covered

with just a drill a router and a jig you can turn this into this

and with some battery acid and charger you can turn it into this

in the same way you can buy an ak parts kit thats just parts you can buy almost every single part of an ar and mail it to your home

and if you get an 80 percent receiver that can go to your home too

all you do is secure it in a jig and do some routing and drilling

the process is very straightforward and the instructions are excellent

anodize if you want

assemble it and youre done

i hear a guy is going to livestream this shit and show you exactly how its done

a similar thing can be done with pistol frames

look heres a 1911

and heres a glock

in fact when we talk about plastics we enter a magical new world

but first let me address that loud voice in the back

yes i hear you

youre shouting clammy i love you i want your autograph and your babies but i live in europe and cant buy pressure bearing parts like barrels because euro

first off im flattered

second off ew

but i still have answers

there was once a man named phillip luty

rhymes with shooty

he lived in england and made a living off of doing finger workouts every day so he could flip off the queen harder than anyone

when he was done he published a book called expedient homemade firearms

it gives detailed instructions on how to build an automatic submachinegun using random hardware from the store

and his guns worked

in fact they worked so well they arrested him

he died of cancer before his case was finished but his book lives on

to build a luty requires drilling and welding and cutting with some power tools

and constructing a magazine is very fiddly and tricky

but it can be done

but very recently there is a new advancement that makes is easier than ever

have you heard about 3d printing

this is the fgc-9 by deterrence dispensed

it uses a 3d printed receiver

3d printed magazines

and a pipe for a barrel

and the 3d model has a jig to rifle the pupe so you can actually hit things

the 3d printer to make it doesnt even have to be fancy at all

the one they recommend costs 200 bucks

you also need to do some welding drilling and cutting but not nearly as extensively as on the luty and the required precision is low

crude welding is all you need

no previous experience required

ill let you know after i build it

plans available for free here as a 4 gig zip

and lets take a moment to talk about ammunition

there are four parts to a cartridge

the brass case

bullet that flies out

powder that pushes it

and primer that lights the powder when hit

there are machines to pop out primers

gently push a new one in

measure and fill powder

and squish a new bullet it

thats all it is

if you have a primer and powder you can make it happen

you can do it with shotgun shells too

poachers in africa use matchheads to make powder

this is explosives were talking about so dont just blow your fingers off fooling around

but its not rocket science either

and guys there you have it

whether rifle or pistol

american or australian

you can have a gun

you can carry it around with you

no matter if you thought you couldnt

you can

pew pew

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